Sharp County record., 1887-09-01

NATIONAL bank depOSllOIleS ho" n'iN
$40, ,254. .2O4 of Government funds. lhls Is
the greatest amount of funds ever held Dy
the repositories at one time.
A BOARD composed of three army Oh
ficers will assemble at Washington on
August 80 to examine into and report the
disqualifcations of applicants for ap'
pointment as superintendent of Natlon-
al cemetery.
GOVERNOR LLOYD of Maryland re-
prieved John Thomas Ross, the negro
who was to have been hanged in Baltl-
more on the 25th, for two weeks. unless
further postponement of the execution
be made Ross will be hanged September u
THE British Government has notlhed the
Department of State at Washington that
the date for receiving applications Ior
space at the Melbourne International Elk.
hibition has been extended from August ol
to October 81.
Hon. GEORGE V. N. LoTHRoP, United
States Minister to Russia, passed through
Geneva, on the 18th, on his way to the
United States by way of Paris. IL Is Saiu
that upon his arrival here he will tendef
his resignation.
THE President and Mrs. Cleveland IN
| tend to remain most of the time az tne
White House now, and have practically
abandoned their country home for the rest
| of this season. Mrs. Folsom will continue
to preside as mistress at Red Top, in which
duty she expects to be assisted by seVeral
| friends from Buffalo.
YANKTON has been selected as the see
CITY of the diocese of South Dakota OF the
Catholic church. The diocese will be
called the Yankton diocese. A catn9dral
will be built and diocesan school. Nearly
$20O,O will be expended in new buildings
| THE schooner Clara, of Manlstee, was
| driven ashore on the 9th near Mlller'
Ind, and her wreckage was strewn along
the beach for miles. Captain Olson, her
master and owner, and one Of his sailors
lost their lives, and John Gustavson, the
mate, escaped by swimming ashore on
| plank.
MAYOR HEWITT of New York and COM
| mittee of the Board Of Aldermen, ap-
pointed for the purpose, have sent an IN
| vitation to Mrs. President Cleveland 10
lsattend the New York firemen's parade and
inspection next month and present stand
of colors on that occasion to the fire de-
partment.
THERE is now on deposit in the United
States Treasury $4,000 belonging to the
Fidelity Bank of Cincinnati, which failed
recently. Comptroller Trenholm states
that he expects the amount to reach a
million before the first of next MONTH
This amount will, of course, be applied to
the claims of creditors.
NATHAN PHIPPs, coal miner living at
Millwood, seven miles from Latrobe, Pa,
shot and mortally wounded his friend,
John Robb, on the 24th, after which he
terribly injured Mrs. Phipps, by stabbing
her and breaking several Of her ribs. He
then armed himself with rife and shot
gun and fled to the woods.
PAYMAsTER WATKINS, United States
NAVY, has been sentenced to three years
Imprisonment at hard labor. During his
Imprisonment he is to receive one-half
furlough pay, and at the expiration OF his
sentence will be dismissed from the serv-
ice. Watkins was tried on board his ship,
the Ossipee, at Yokohama, and found
guilty of fraud, embezzlement, desertion
and other offenses.
1T is claimed a natural flow Of both oil
and gas has been discovered near Fort
Smelling, MINI. 1t is said that oil comes =
the surface in such quantities that it can
easily be gathered in the crude state.
THE government of New South Wales
having offered 100000 acres Of land to any
missionary sOciety that will undertake to
civilized the natives, the Pope has directed
that immediate attention be paid to the
offer in order to forestall Protestant socie-
ties.
PROF. HIS. WHITNEY. of the Excelsior
academy, on the shore of Lake Minneton-
ka, was drowned in the lake on the 2oth'
Three children were playing on ran
which went to pieces, and he, swimming
out to save them, became tangled in the
weeds and was drowned Two OF the
children were rescued alive, the third was
drowned.